2. Countess is called a junior too. I thought we were going to hear before fall camp about his redshirt. Did I miss that?

3. Fitz looks fast. Green was running through people. I expect Green's make or break moments will come with contact. Will he be able to power through college kids or not.

4. I think Lewan is excited about Gardner and doing more pro style. I think it could advantage him if the NFL scouts had any doubts about his ability in the pros based on the Denard-style offense we were running.

That's what I mean. He runs through people, so we wont know anything about him until full contact drills. (I am still feeling burned by Kevin Grady's inability to bring his power running to college football deep down inside.)

Yeah, but he hasn't yet. Literally every game since he has started, he's thrown a terrible INT (except maybe Iowa, that one wasn't too terrible). Even in the spring game he had one except Morgan dropped it. Just a funny coincidence that they put that in the video from the first practice.

Christ. Ok, let's nip this is the bud before it gets worse. No where have I even been down on Gardner's game. I am well aware that he has scored way more TDs than thrown INTs, and I'm also well aware of the fact that the has a crazy high passer efficency through his starts. But that also doesn't change the fact that he has thrown an INT in "literally every game he started." This is a fact. It is not indisputible. This does not mean he won't be one of the best QBs in the B1G this year; I expect that of him. Can we not point out facts that Gardner has thrown an INT in his first five starts? There was no extrapolation in my post. Can't I point out a funny co-incidence that they chose to include an INT in the footage?

But the pick at Iowa wasn't that bad, and it was when they were up 42-10. The pick in the bowl game was on a deep ball on 3rd and a billion. The Minnesota pick was a bad decision, but was hardly a brutal decision. The Northwestern pick was certainly brutal, but sh*t happens.

The flip-side is that he never threw multiple picks in any game, despite playing some really good defenses.

Goto love the curl route from Gardner to Gallon to finish the video, I'm sure we will be seeing a lot of that this year. Also, was anyone else as scared as me when they showed Fitz's first carry of practice and someone kind of tackled his legs?

I am SOOO pulling for him to have a huge year! With everything this young man has gone through at M (coaching changes, position changes from WR, S, LB), he has done everything asked of him, and worked hard both in the classroom and on the field.

I think this year is his best chance to shine yet, and he will be a solid contributor in Jake's absence. Those who stay, man.

Wow, the biggest thing that screamed out to me: Gardner's mechanics look significantly improved. His arm has more of a slinging motion than a "pushing" motion. Based on a few minutes on practice footage it's evident he put in a lot of work to relax that muscle memory and kill old habits. We'll see what happens as more footage comes out and if he reverts back once he starts getting fatigued.

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